Thursday, March 24, 2016

Plus Size Fashion - Change for the Better! Plus Size Attitudes - Not So Much

My how times have changed! When I was a teenager in the 60's, if
you were overweight, the clothing options were severely limited. I
remember going shopping with my mom and there was only one store that
actually had clothes for you if you were not "average" size. But then
the section for these clothes were called "chubbies" -- how embarrassing
is that!! The clothes were something my Aunt Sophie might wear to the
church bazaar. At the time we called them "old lady" clothes. Well now I
am an old lady (well at least middle aged) and still would not be
caught dead in them. They had no style and were just plain ugly!
Now
teenagers have a plethora of clothes, dating sites, blogs and websites
dedicated just for them. This is fantastic. Now you can get a "plus
size" prom dress or "plus size" wedding gown and they are beautiful and
stylish. What a wonderful time to be "not average". We are BBW's-- big,
beautiful women for those that are not addicted to the internet like me.
Although
we have more choices now, American society still has deemed that being
fat is ugly. We are stupid, lazy, and cannot control our eating. We just
sit around all day eating bon bons and watching TV. Fat jokes are one
of the last acceptable cultural stereotypes. People cannot use any
racial or sexual slurs but think nothing of dehumanizing an overweight
person with a fat joke or comment. Fat people are depicted as losers who
cannot attract the opposite sex. Most sitcoms have at least one episode
with the proverbial fat blind date. Then a bunch of silly jokes ensue
but all is well in the end when they discover the fat person is actually
a nice human being (how very enlightened we are!)
So if we hate
being fat, why don't we change it? Well how long can you go without
eating? While an alcoholic can go without drinking, a nymphomaniac
without sex, a smoker without cigarettes, an overweight person cannot
go without food. You can change the amounts you consume and vary the
menu but you still fight the battle at least three times a day. There is
always that gnawing hunger.
I am amazed that 40 years after
"chubbies" it still does not matter how intelligent, funny, nice and
giving a fat person is, the only thing some people notice is their size.
So sad.

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